Then, someone excitedly waved around a tiny plastic baby plucked from their slice. Even though I didn’t have any previous knowledge of King Cake or its history, I could tell there was something ...

Andrew confessed he had never eaten king cake, so in the spirit of the season, we brought one to the studio for a taste test. “There’s a little plastic baby that’s hidden in the cake,” I ...

Andrew was also unaware of the "surprise" inside King cakes. "Did you get the baby?" I asked "Wait. There's a baby in this cake?" replied Andrew. "There's a little plastic baby that's hidden in ...

PHOTOS PROVIDED Participants in Covenant Cafe for March enjoyed a fun Mardi Gras celebration recently. The group got to put ...

A tradition is to eat King Cake (with a tiny plastic baby Jesus as a prize). So, what is King Cake? It is an oval or ring-shaped sweet yeast bread that sometimes contains a filling and is ...

“Everyone hoped they didn’t get the baby, because it meant you had to get the next king cake, and we were always broke,” a New Orleans native named Bryan Wilson told me. “When I share a ...

The cake is known for being filled with flavors of cinnamon, chocolate and sometimes cream cheese. In a unique yet inedible twist, a toy baby is usually hidden inside a king cake. Whoever finds ...